RICE NOVEL GETS DOUBLE PLAY

Showtime and ABC are joining forces to bring Anne Rice's best-selling novel, Feast of All Saints, to the small screen. According to Variety, Showtime, which will shoulder more of the production costs, will premiere the four-hour project early next year, after which ABC will run it as a two-part miniseries. The cast includes Forest Whitaker, Peter Gallagher, Gloria Reuben, Ben Vereen, Eartha Kitt and Pam Grier.